Building    From 1728 

Swedish Church

Categories: Religion

Countries: Sweden

There were enough Swedes in London (mainly sailors) for a congregation to form in 1710 and the first church was set up in Wapping in 1728 (pictured), opened by and named for (the future queen) Ulrika Eleonora.  Emanuel Swedenborg lived nearby and attended this church.

The church in Harcourt Street was built in 1911 and the congregation moved taking everything they could. No alternative function for the empty church could be found and since it was rapidly deteriorating it was demolished, in 1921.

Our picture source St George in the East is a rich source of information about the Swedish churches in London.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Swedish Church

Commemorated ati

Swedish Church - E1

This typeface, which you can see in the photo of the church interior, was sal...

Read More

Swedish Church - W1

The referenced psalm includes some words that make it appropriate for travell...

Read More

Other Subjects

Hanserd Knollys

Hanserd Knollys

Non-conformist minister.  Born Lincolnshire.  Buried in Bunhill burial ground.  

Person, Religion

1 memorial
St Mary Matfelon Whitechapel

St Mary Matfelon Whitechapel

1250-1286: The first church was built on this site as a chapel of ease (meaning not the main parish church) in the parish of Stepney.  The ‘White Chapel’ was constructed from Kentish chalk rubble a...

Building, Religion

3 memorials
Janani Luwum

Janani Luwum

Anglican archbishop assassinated during the rule of Idi Amin, in Uganda.

Person, Religion, Tragedy, Africa

1 memorial
Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Writer on literature and theology, novelist and poet. Born Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 3 Spencer Road. He worked for the Oxford University Press (OUP) in various capacities for most of his lif...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Religion

1 memorial
Rt. Rev. Graham Douglas Leonard, KCVO, Bishop of London

Rt. Rev. Graham Douglas Leonard, KCVO, Bishop of London

Graham Douglas Leonard was born on 8 May 1921, the son of Douglas Leonard (1883-1973) and Emily Mabel Leonard née Cheshire (1885-1962). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1921 in the Gr...

Person, Armed Forces, Religion

1 memorial